Year % of total labor force 1991 45.61368168202146 1992 45.59272472561668 1993 45.57424468464448 1994 45.55552110990991 1995 45.53513555237195 1996 45.51442222284485 1997 45.49175996942987 1998 45.47147402413714 1999 45.449626019474174 2000 45.42342813263883 2001 45.32514979497891 2002 45.225814752508825 2003 45.12201803107905 2004 45.01413620210959 2005 44.900695686002074 2006 44.78758669958206 2007 44.67731307589282 2008 44.56660576379119 2009 44.454605923112105 2010 44.34107411457309 2011 44.4012484372179 2012 44.46305204443634 2013 44.534452298373296 2014 44.6125870286124 2015 44.69396625211661 2016 44.78101432925 2017 44.88366167003291 2018 44.99400301577843 2019 45.09495539283038 2020 45.049454937631616 2021 45.367502668539586 2022 45.181471236969614 2023 45.126124297596064